The path of Lee is far from typical of the average CSM undergraduate: after leaving school at 17 in Glasgow, he was accepted onto a one-year portfolio preparation course at Cardonald, a local college in his home town, which allowed him to “dabble in a variety of subjects like fine art and sculpture, as well as fashion design,” he explains, tracing his educational path. He subsequently pursued a vocational degree similar to BTEC at the same college, which focused on manufacturing. “I only found out about Central Saint Martins in my last year at college, when we were applying to art schools,” he says. “In the end, CSM was the only art school to accept me, so I think it was just luck, really.”